live moxie

(okay, I have noticed I like to do… after my title.  No idea why

Anyway, on to my original topic- Spiders.  I just went into the garage to check something and when I picked it up a nice little spider crawled underneath and got away from me.  Now I know spiders are not bad, they eat other bugs, etc… but I still cannot stand them!!  I know most of them are harmless but it is always my fear that I am somehow going to see one of the ones that is harmless, think it isn’t, not kill it and then get bitten by it.  I know it sounds a little far fetched but it can happen.

I live where we have brown recluse spiders.  Have you seen the bites those ones do if you do not get it treated or know about it?  One of my neighbors actually had to have plastic surgery because she was bitten by one.  I have been bitten by a “something” before and had  large bruise the size of half my thigh on my thigh, and to this day I still have no idea what kind of bug bit me.  :(  So bugs scare me a little bit.  I also thought it was appropriate given it is Halloween.

I had to hand out candy tonight and I wanted to dress up for the kids.  I was going to go out afterward but this is my first weekend where I have nothing (yup, absolutely nothing going on), so I think I just want to relax all weekend.  I do have some homework I could be doing though.  But I dressed up as a 50’s poodle girl.  I made my costume for probably under $15 dollars.  I went to the craft store for felt, made the skirt.  I used a black felt piece to make a scottie dog and I used those sequins that are strung together as the leash.  I also took $5 canvas shoes from Walmart and painted them to look like saddle shoes.  I had enough stuff left over to make my two dogs little skirts as well.  All for handing out the candy….  at least I get into it right?

Anyway, Happy Halloween!  I hope you get some R & R this weekend as well!